• Teaching Assistantships are awarded by the Graduate Program Office.  All applicants requesting admission into the PhD program are automatically reviewed and initial offers are made to selected applicants based on their academic record and department need.

• Research Assistantships are awarded by individual faculty to continuing students and a very few new students from which a completed application has been received.  Faculty Research Profiles are available  here 

Application information is available here .

Are you a current ME student looking for a TA position?
Essentially all TA positions in ME are reserved for new, incoming PhD students. However, from time to time there is an unexpected vacancy in one course (for one semester only). To fill such a position the graduate secretary keeps a list of students who may be interested in a TA position. This list is kept in the ME Graduate Office (2418 EB) and is recreated every semester. If there is an opening, it will happen very close to the beginning of the semester, leaving no time to post specific advertisements.
Please contact the graduate secretary (Ms. Aida Montalvo, montalai@egr.msu.edu, 517-355-5220) at the ME Graduate Office (2418 EB) if you wish to be added to the list. Preference is given to ME PhD students with experience in the course that has an opening. Academic standing (GPA, qualifying exams) is used if more than one student is available.

For more information, please contact the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Program Office at megradad@egr.msu.edu